Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Start machines, monitor operation, and make adjustments as needed.
• Notify supervisors or mechanics of equipment malfunctions.
• Inspect products to verify that they meet specifications and to determine whether machine adjustment is needed.
• Tend machines with multiple winding units that wind thread onto shuttle bobbins for use on sewing machines or other kinds of bobbins for sole-stitching, knitting, or weaving machinery.
• Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.
• Replace depleted supply packages with full packages.
• Tend machines that twist together two or more strands of yarn or insert additional twists into single strands of yarn to increase strength, smoothness, or uniformity of yarn.
• Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines.
• Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
• Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.
• Place bobbins on spindles and insert spindles into bobbin-winding machines.

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• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

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